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<h1>Everything Will Be Alright</h1>

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  <p class="lead dropcap">I don’t know where life finds you right now. Things might be going well, but maybe in the past there have been moments when it felt like there was no light at the end of the tunnel — or you worry about what the future might hold when circumstances aren’t so good.</p>
  <p>But even then, you’ve probably heard those words before: “Everything will be alright.”</p>
  <p>They sound comforting — hopeful, even. But sometimes they feel like a paper bandage on a deep wound. We say them to calm ourselves, or to help someone else hold on a little longer. Yet if we’re honest, there are moments when it’s hard to believe them.</p>
  <p>Because what if it doesn’t feel alright? What if the diagnosis isn’t improving? What if the marriage is hanging by a thread? What if the loneliness doesn’t lift? What if the problems seem like they’ll never be alright again?</p>

<h2>The Truth About Our Broken “Alright”</h2>
  <p>There’s a reason our world feels off-balance. Deep down, every one of us knows things aren’t the way they’re supposed to be. We were made for peace — for wholeness — for a world where love doesn’t fade and hearts don’t break.</p>
  <p>But sin shattered that peace. We pushed God away, and the ripple of that choice runs through every generation, every headline, every aching moment (Romans 3:23). The Bible says all creation is “groaning,” waiting for things to be made right again (Romans 8:22). That’s why our souls ache for more — because we were made for more.</p>

<h2>God Stepped Into the Chaos</h2>
  <p>But here’s the miracle: God didn’t stay distant. He didn’t watch us drown in our mess. He stepped into it.</p>
  <p>Jesus didn’t come with empty words like, “Cheer up — it’ll be fine.” He came with scars. He entered the pain. He wept at gravesides (John 11:35). He felt betrayal, hunger, exhaustion, and fear.</p>
  <p>And then He did the unthinkable — He took our sin, our shame, our brokenness, and carried it to the cross. When Jesus died, He absorbed the curse of everything that’s not alright (2 Corinthians 5:21). When He rose from the dead, He broke the power of death and proved that nothing — not even the grave — gets the final word (John 11:25–26).</p>
  <p>That’s why we can say, “Everything will be alright.” Not because life is painless, but because Jesus has overcome the worst thing that could ever happen — and He promises to redeem all of it.</p>

<h2>Peace That Starts Now</h2>
  <p>When you trust Jesus, “alright” doesn’t have to wait for heaven — it begins now.</p>
  <p>He gives peace in the middle of the storm (Philippians 4:6–7). Not a peace that ignores reality, but one that’s deeper than it. He walks with you when everyone else walks away. He gives strength when you’ve got nothing left.</p>
  <p>And one day — when He returns — He will finish what He started. No more tears. No more death. No more anxiety, hospitals, heartbreak, or goodbyes (Revelation 21:4). Everything broken will be healed. Everything wrong will be made right.</p>
  <p>So when Jesus says, “Behold, I am making all things new,” (Revelation 21:5), He means everything. Including you.</p>

<h2>A Personal Invitation</h2>
  <p>If you’ve been trying to hold it together, and it feels like you can’t anymore, maybe that’s where the healing starts — not by trying harder, but by handing your life over to the One who already holds it.</p>
  <p>You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to be willing to say, “Jesus, I need You.”</p>
  <p>Here’s a simple prayer — not magic words, just an honest start:</p>
  <blockquote>Jesus, I’m tired of pretending everything is alright when it’s not. I believe You died for me and rose again. Please forgive my sins, heal my heart, and make me new. Be my peace — the kind this world can’t take away.</blockquote>
  <p>And when you pray that — even quietly, even shakily — the promise begins to unfold: You’re no longer alone. You’re no longer lost. And in the arms of Jesus, everything will be alright — now, and forever.</p>
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